u/vortex_lex

Sebastian is a Slytherin for a narrative reason, and I think he'd be less controversial if the writers made it more obvious.

At first, every interaction paints him as friendly, mischievous, and a bit sad/tragic. I hated him at first, and was genuinely baffled when Professor Weasley suggested him as one of the MC's escorts to Hogsmeade, but warmed up to him immensely after the library incident.

Speaking of which, the library incident does a lot of heavy lifting. Not enough people point out that, more than likely, it WASN'T a sacrifice on his part!

The next interaction with Sebastian after that is when he is showing MC the Undercroft. MC tries to thank him for keeping their involvement secret, and he says, "madam Scribner tried to give me detention, but I have ways out of these things." At the end of the quest, Ominis says, " My father is friends with the headmaster. I'm not afraid to exploit that connection if I need to." Obviously he's saying this to scare MC into not telling people about the undercroft, but I don't think it's a coincidence that all this happens in the same quest.

Ominis will do anything for Sebastian, and it's likely that includes keeping him out of trouble even he had to turn to his father for help. All Sebastian suffered for getting caught in the library was getting yelled at by Scribner, and what he got out of it was the favor of MC and most of the fandom (including me).

I think it's generally agreed that by the end he goes too far, but he wasn't doing that much good to begin with.

Sebastian isn't noble. He might have started out studying extracurricular magic to help Anne, but by the time MC meets him he's pursuing avenues that have nothing to do with curse-breaking or healing. How in the world are unforgivable curses or inferi supposed to help her?

The answer is that Sebastian isn't a Gryffindor saving his sister, a Hufflepuff doing everything he can to help a friend, or even a Ravenclaw whose thirst for knowledge extends past what everyone else regards as appropriate. This is intentional: he's an ambitious Slytherin. "Helping Anne" is an excuse to follow his own desires and feed his ego, while manipulating others into helping him.

With all this being said, I think Sebastian is a great character. His story is compelling and I wish he was redeemable, but he was never meant to be.

I feel like enneagram 5 is the quintessential INTJ, so I'm wondering how 3 traits manifest in INTJ 3s.

3s seem to be inherently social, or inherently concerned with what others think of them, so my first thought is that the "achievements" INTJs are chasing after are academic or intellectual.

Please enlighten me if you can🙏

I've been wrestling with the personality of the main character of a story that I'm writing, and I think that type 3 fits her story and relationship dynamics the best.

I'm a 9, and I never considered that MC might be a 3, because she's just getting her footing in the world and isn't really competent yet, and therefore not particularly competitive. However, once she has a direction, she's extremely driven and really glows when praised (which she isn't used to). This was my main hangup, so maybe that solves it?

(Also, she is an INTJ, while 3s stereotypes seem to mostly be extroverts)

As a 9, I'm worried about putting too much of myself into this character before she matures. My enneagram -specific question is this:

How much can disintegration play into a person's behavior when they're immature? Are the signs of immaturity completely different from disintegration?